California Air Quality and Climate Legislation
CARB’s Office of Legislative Affairs serves as the principal resource on legislative issues relative to air quality and climate change for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor’s Office. The Office of Legislative Affairs provides technical expertise relating to pending legislation and serves as a resource to the Legislature and legislative staff.
CARB's 2020 California Air Quality and Climate Legislation webpage catalogues the most pertinent legislation that CARB's Office of Legislative Affairs tracked during the previous Legislative session. Beginning with the 2020 session, CARB transitioned to this modernized, web-based platform, which can be accessed below. The annual summaries for the 1998 through 2019 sessions are available at CARB's California Air Quality Legislation Archive.
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- Atkins.Toni(1)
- Bains.Jasmeet(1)
- Bennett.Steve(1)
- Bonta.Mia(2)
- Caballero.Anna(1)
- Carrillo.Juan(3)
- Committee on Budget(1)
- Elhawary.Sade(1)
- Friedman.Laura(2)
- Garcia.Robert(1)
- Macedo.Alexandra(1)
- McKinnor.Tina(1)
- Nguyen.Stephanie(1)
- Papan.Diane(1)
- Reyes.Eloise Gomez(1)
- Sanchez.Kate(1)
- Schiavo.Pilar(1)
- Schultz.Nick(2)
- Seyarto.Kelly(1)
- Strickland.Tony(1)
- Wallis.Greg(1)
- Wicks.Buffy(1)
- Wiener.Scott(2)
- Wilson.Lori(2)
- Administrative Procedures
- Air Quality and Emissions
- Alternative Mobility
- Budget
- CEQA
- Climate Change
- Energy
- Enforcement and Penalties
- Environmental Justice
- Forestry and Wildfire Prevention
- Freight Transportation and Ports
- Fuels
- Incentives
- Local Air Districts
- Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Miscellaneous
- Motor Vehicles
- Natural and Working Lands
- Public Transit
- (-)Short-lived Climate Pollutants
- Toxics and Hazardous Waste
- (-)Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing
- Waste Management
37 bills found for '2025,'
| Session Sort ascending | Bill Number | Bill Title | Author | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | AB 28 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 28 (Schiavo, Pilar), Solid Waste Landfills: Subsurface Temperatures (2-Year) | Schiavo.Pilar | Waste Management, Environmental Justice, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Air Quality and Emissions | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 273 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 273 (Sanchez, Kate), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Infrastructure Improvements (2-Year) | Sanchez.Kate | Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 267 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 267 (Macedo, Alexandra), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Water Infrastructure and Wildfire Prevention (2-Year) | Macedo.Alexandra | Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 70 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 70 (Aguiar-Curry), Solid Waste: Organic Waste: Diversion: Biomethane (Chaptered) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Air Quality and Emissions, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 939 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 939 (Schultz, Nick), The Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026 (2-Year) | Schultz.Nick | Incentives, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 71 | 2025 – Senate Bill 71 (Weiner, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transit Projects (Chaptered) | Wiener.Scott | CEQA, Public Transit, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | SB 79 | 2025 – Senate Bill 79 (Wiener, Scott), Housing Development: Transit-oriented Development (Chaptered) | Wiener.Scott | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | SB 415 | 2025 – Senate Bill 415 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Chaptered) | Reyes.Eloise Gomez | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1244 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1244 (Wicks, Buffy), California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Impact Mitigation: Transit-oriented Development Implementation Program (2-Year) | Wicks.Buffy | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 337 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 337 (Bennet, Steve), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Grant Program: Edible Food (Dead) | Bennett.Steve | Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | SB 94 | 2025 - Senate Bill 94 (Strickland, Tony), Transportation Funding: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Motor Vehicle Fuel (2-Year) | Strickland.Tony | Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1421 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1421 (Wilson, Lori), Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee (2-Year) | Wilson.Lori | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1275 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1275 (Elhawary, Sade), Regional Housing Needs: Regional Transportation Plan (Chaptered) | Elhawary.Sade | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1223 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1223 (Nguyen, Stephanie), Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority (Chaptered) | Nguyen.Stephanie | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1046 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1046 (Bains, Jasmeet), Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Recovered Organic Waste Product: Agricultural Crop Preparation Service (Chaptered) | Bains.Jasmeet | Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Natural and Working Lands, Waste Management | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 663 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 663 (McKinnor, Tina), Hydrofluorocarbon Gases: Sale and Distribution Prohibition: Exemptions (Chaptered) | McKinnor.Tina | Climate Change, Short-lived Climate Pollutants | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 650 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 650 (Papan, Diane), Planning and Zoning: Housing Element: Regional Housing Needs Allocation (Vetoed) | Papan.Diane | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Vetoed |
| 2025-2026 | AB 643 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 643 (Wilson, Lori), Climate Change: Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction (2-Year) | Wilson.Lori | Climate Change, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants, Waste Management | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 914 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 914 (Garcia, Robert), Air Pollution: Indirect Sources (2-Year) | Garcia.Robert | Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Enforcement and Penalties, Short-lived Climate Pollutants | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 231 | 2025 – Senate Bill 231 (Seyarto, Kelly), California Environmental Quality Act: The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Technical Advisory (Dead) | Seyarto.Kelly | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | AB 735 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (2-Year) | Carrillo.Juan | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Air Quality and Emissions | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 131 | 2025 – Senate Bill 131 (Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Public Resources (Chaptered) | Committee on Budget | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Miscellaneous | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 735 | 2026 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Dead) | Carrillo.Juan | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2535 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2535 (Bonta, Mia), Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (Dead) | Bonta.Mia | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Environmental Justice | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2678 | 2024 - Assembly Bill 2678 (Wallis, Greg), Vehicles: High-occupancy Vehicle Lanes (Chaptered) | Wallis.Greg | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 350 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 350 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Regional transportation plans: Sacramento Area Council of Governments (Chaptered) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 625 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 625 (Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia), Forest biomass: management: emissions: energy (Dead) | Aguiar-Curry.Cecilia | Energy, Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Natural and Working Lands, Short-lived Climate Pollutants | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 744 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 744 (Carrillo, Juan), California Transportation Commission: data, modeling, and analytic software tools procurement (Chaptered) | Carrillo.Juan | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 930 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 930 (Friedman, Laura), Local government: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) districts (2-Year) | Friedman.Laura | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1525 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 1525 (Bonta, Mia), Transportation projects: priority populations (Dead) | Bonta.Mia | Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
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